Portal:Record production
The Record Production Portal
This portal is focused on music production within the era of written records through sound recordings, digital downloads, and beyond. Its scope includes articles that document the considerations and mechanisms used by, and consistent with, the purview of the production element. As an art form, music predates transcription and simultaneously transcends descriptive limitations. As an industry, music has demonstrated consistent viability over time. The record producer conjoins these potential, and serves as a broker to bridge the demand (spawned by their aspirations) with supply and satisfaction. The results are measurable and attributable, derived from effort and skillful application of craft, to a manifestation of the art in its melodic form. (Read more)
The music industry consists of the individuals and organizations that earn money by writing songs and musical compositions, creating and selling recorded music and sheet music, presenting concerts, as well as the organizations that aid, train, represent and supply music creators. Among the many individuals and organizations that operate in the industry are: the songwriters and composers who write songs and musical compositions; the singers, musicians, conductors, and bandleaders who perform the music; the record labels, music publishers, recording studios, music producers, audio engineers, retail and digital music stores, and performance rights organizations who create and sell recorded music and sheet music; and the booking agents, promoters, music venues, road crew, and audio engineers who help organize and sell concerts. (Read more)
Did you know (auto-generated) -
- ... that to promote the Buffalo Club, Rising Tide Records sent packages of plastic buffalo to music industry executives in Nashville?
- ... that when Divine's song "Lately" topped the Billboard Hot 100 in 1998, it became the first number-one single for the performers, the songwriters, the producers, and the record labels?
- ... that the Guns N' Roses debut studio album Appetite for Destruction was recorded at a recording studio founded by 1970s pop duo Captain & Tennille?
- ... that according to Billboard magazine, Laufey created a blueprint for jazz music in the modern music industry and helped push it back into the mainstream?
- ... that until the release of the documentary Predator: The Secret Scandal of J-Pop, sexual abuse claims involving record producer Johnny Kitagawa went widely unreported in Japanese media?
- ... that Castle Recording Laboratory, Nashville's first commercial recording studio, was established in a repurposed hotel banquet room?
Born this day
- Birthdays in Music: May 14
- Marilyn Maye, American vocalist, turns 94.
- Jay Beckenstein, American saxophonist and founder of Spyro Gyra, turns 73.
- David Byrne, Scottish-American lead singer and founding member of Talking Heads, turns 72.
- Tom Cochrane, Canadian musician, turns 71.
- Bruce Forman, American jazz guitarist and novelist, turns 68.
- Virginia Mayhew, American arranger and saxophonist, turns 65.
- Alec Dankworth, Brit bass player, turns 64.
- Ian Astbury, British singer, songwriter, and vocalist for The Cult, turns 62.
- Raphael Saadiq, (born Charlie Ray Wiggins) American record producer and R&B vocalist of Tony! Toni! Toné!, turns 58.
- Danny Wood, American singer and song writer for New Kids on the Block, turns 55.
- Martin Garrix, (born Martijn Gerard Garritsen) Dutch DJ, turns 28.
- Jack Bruce (Record production, 1943 –October 25, 2014), Scottish multi-instrumentalist for Cream, would have turned 81 this year.
- Bobby Darin (Record production, 1936 –December 20, 1973), American big band vocalist, would have turned 88 this year.
- Stu Williamson (Record production, 1933 –October 01, 1991), American trumpeter and trombonist, would have turned 91 this year.
- Al Porcino (Record production, 1925 –December 31, 2013), American trumpeter, would have turned 99 this year.
- Sammy Lowe (Record production, 1918 –February 17, 1993), American arranger and trumpeter, would have turned 106 this year.
- Skip Martin (Record production, 1916 –February , 1976), American arranger, composer, and tenor saxophonist, would have turned 108 this year.
- Zutty Singleton (Record production, 1898 –July 14, 1975), American drummer, would have turned 126 this year.
- Sidney Bechet (Record production, 1897 –May 14, 1959), American clarinetist and soprano saxophonist, would have turned 127 this year.
- Grant Clarke (Record production, 1891 –May 16, 1931), American lyricist and Songwriters Hall of Fame inductee, would have turned 133 this year.
- Louis Douglas (Record production, 1889 –May 19, 1939), American dancer and singer, would have turned 135 this year.
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